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  1. Facter
  2. FACT-2717

Block external facts

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      Night's Watch
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    • Story Points:
      3
    • Sprint:
      ghost-29.07, ghost-5.08
    • Release Notes:
      Enhancement
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      Allow users to block external facts. The blocking of external facts is a little different from the blocking of core and custom facts because we need to specify the name of the file from which external facts are loaded. Basically we can block files, not facts.

      In order to block external facts, we need to specify the name of the file in the `blocklist` in `facter.conf`
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      Allow users to block external facts. The blocking of external facts is a little different from the blocking of core and custom facts because we need to specify the name of the file from which external facts are loaded. Basically we can block files, not facts. In order to block external facts, we need to specify the name of the file in the `blocklist` in `facter.conf`
    • QA Risk Assessment:
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      Currently we cannot block external facts. A mechanism similar to the one for internal facts does not work, because we already resolved the external facts at this stage, negating any performance effect of blocking.

      We should implement blocking in directory_loader. Before calling the cache manager, we could block the facts (in this case they are represented by file names)

      Add integration test.

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          New Feature - A new feature of the product, which has yet to be developed. FACT-2331 Add the ability to cache and block the output of custom facts

          • Normal - Regular issue, some loss of functionality under specific circumstances.
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              Assignee:
              florin.dragos Florin Dragos
              Reporter:
              bogdan.irimie Bogdan Irimie
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